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The next frontier of government operations
It has been basic United States policy that Government should foster the opening of new frontiers.
Jan 19
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The next frontier of government operations
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How ending traffic in LA will save the world (or the opportunity for a breakthrough in global climate action)
In the wake of the recent devestating wildfires, Governor Newsom has floated the idea of a "Marshall Plan" to build "LA 2.0," to mixed reactions.
Jan 16
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How ending traffic in LA will save the world (or the opportunity for a breakthrough in global climate action)
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2030: The Battle for a New California Dream
Sometimes I wonder if I time-traveled back two decades if I could explain how we got to today's world to my high school self or anyone around then.
Jan 15
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2030: The Battle for a New California Dream
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Of upstart entrepots and dying empires
Kicking off the New Year, I started reading City of Fortune, a wonderful history of Venice recommended by Venkatesh Rao and part of his 2025…
Jan 11
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Of upstart entrepots and dying empires
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Building 10x more state capacity to address megafires and climate-proof California
With increasingly intense megafires, Michael Wara, a Stanford based fire and climate expert, has presciently called for a new state agency focused on…
Jan 10
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Building 10x more state capacity to address megafires and climate-proof California
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The little cognitive loads that contribute to a crisis
One thing I've been thinking a lot about the last 42 hours is the street sweeping signs.
Jan 10
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The little cognitive loads that contribute to a crisis
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The invisible cost of the state capacity crisis is increasingly invisible no longer
UPDATE: In the Pacific Palisades, fire hydrants ran dry around 3 AM last night. "The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (DWP) confirmed they have…
Jan 8
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The invisible cost of the state capacity crisis is increasingly invisible no longer
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The lost art of planning
Happy New Year everyone!
Jan 2
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The lost art of planning
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December 2024
Pioneering Spirit | First Year Roundup and Super Short Reader Survey
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Dec 22, 2024
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Pioneering Spirit | First Year Roundup and Super Short Reader Survey
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The need to employ and empower expertise inside government to actually deliver results
Below are a pair of excellent excerpts from recently released reports.
Dec 21, 2024
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The need to employ and empower expertise inside government to actually deliver results
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What if... we built truly digitally native public institutions from the ground up
O1.5 decades ago, Code for America launched it's flagship fellowship.
Dec 18, 2024
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What if... we built truly digitally native public institutions from the ground up
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Review: Tom Kalil on Institutions for Innovation
Tom Kalil, a pivotal science policy appointee in the Clinton and Obama administrations, recently went on the Hear This Idea podcast, a node in the…
Dec 15, 2024
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Review: Tom Kalil on Institutions for Innovation
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